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Here's mine.

I'll get this one in before Ozzy. My idea of the ultimate floatplane.

Be-200

I've always had a soft spot for the good old Supermarine Walrus.

A real unsung hero that saved many sailors and airmen.

My second favorite is the Shorts Sunderland.

I gotta admit hagar that is preety sweet.
The BE-200 as well

Although the Walrus is somewhat cuddly I'm going to have to go with the Sunderland.

Any fans of PB-5Y's?

Catalina/Canso is a nice plane...but I'd rather have a CL-415 (for patriotic reasons) or a Grumman Albatross (in RCAF colours).

How could anyone forget or ignore this little baby....

there is one in the making for FS, rifleman...

I saw a magazine a few years back that had a really nice Grumman Albatros.

How could anyone forget or ignore this little baby....

I would NEVER ignore the Chickasaw but what does it have to do with seaplanes?  ::)  :-X  :D

Isn't the HK1 still the LARGEST airplane ever built?

Isn't the HK1 still the LARGEST airplane ever built?

Not now. Ivan will correct me but I'm sure the Antonov An-225 is currently regarded as the world's largest aircraft. I believe there have been others in between. It depends what you base it on. Wing span, length, height of the vertical tail surfaces or overall size. Some aircraft might have less wing span but be much longer & vice versa.

If some reports are to be believed, Howard Hughes was so shaken by the experience of "flying" the Spruce Goose that he never attempted it again & wouldn't allow anyone else near it. They say the only reason he attempted it on that particular day was to avoid the consequences of the Congress hearing he was involved with at the time, accused of cheating the US Government & the taxpayer out of millions of dollars. By doing that short hop he had proven his critics wrong, the aircraft had actually flown & proceedings against him were dropped.

AHA!!!

Given the date of the photo, the helo taking pics of the Hercules can't be a Chickasaw...it hasn't flown yet.

I think it's a Bell 47B...thoughts?